Frederick Douglass' Paper, 1859-10-21, vol. 12 iss. 44 no. 616

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ROCHESTER, N. Y., OCTOBER 21, 1859.
WHOLE NO. 616.
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The   probability is, that
no   reformatory
uch opportunity
for the successful practice   o
deception upon
tbe philanthropic curds ol tl
thai -il  \e:;:-.- I
condition of tho slave ou the Suuthetii planta
tion, kept  in ignorance, made to toil without
ly dawn till late
nt night,   followed by  the n
the Xorth, a deep rooted foe
only a recital oi' the. slave's \
■o i,s,   to -, luce
List unhappy condition.    This
state of  feeling
whose pretended object is tho moral elevation
humanity.   Of these societies
noble work, and are  going o
tian career.   Bat by far the
have been scarcely more than
community.    There   is no   t
[line how  much
money has been collected  fo
the Dawn Insti-
over the free   States, and th
oiigh the length
and breath of Great Britain
yet this associa-
live slave.   If nil th.; money c
lleeted by Trior
Foster, for the Woodstock Institute, in Michi-
n as the Belgian
ept  Mr. Foster.
The African  Aid Society,
which centre in the   imagiru
ive brain of one
William Brown, a white man
has also had its
nibble   at the   philanthropic
crib.    But the
latest ol these  bum-ulna orj.
animations, ia< the
African Civilization Society,
which sprung in-
to being, a little leas that a
city of New York.   Sooie t
very kind hearted man named Avery, died in
that   it be   expended   in the   Civilisation ol
find could legitimately be   given, the trustees
consulted the most prominent colored men, a;
ation Society,' organized at Chatham, in Canada, and ' The African Civiliaation Society,' in
the city of New York.
The Canadians soon became jealous of   the
:.  Ihelal
ated in the place
where
iime o!
sided, would sue
eedin
the fund;, b.ifot
t.lteivf
The officers of
aty   n
oldmeetiogsiath
great
,etr,.|.i
the New  York   faction
the   walls ot wlilc
refunded   every night'
o   the voices   of tl
er eloquence   of Freder
parted the platform like
a caged tiger, was fo
gotten amid the thunde
of   applause   th
lol.nwed these speeches.
It is doubtful whet
er Negro eloquence eve
stood so high, eith
these memorable s
wprka    Siill the Avery
fund  didn't come.
The   two factions met,
nevlfe, f.Kind fault with
each other, appoint
n the affections of t
trustees    Still the Ave
y fund dido't come.
The part.es met again
talked   over  the
es, and it was fou
that Ibe New Yorkers c
for the Canadians, and t
6 hitter caved   in.
Smith was a
found ofnois
. Delany.and h
lent -testlire
util'uliy finished ship,every way suited to
ivittiition -:!' the splendid river,   running
1 that tl
The Mystrry, and ill h»tBf jean had shared
louors with Frederick Douglass in his sane-
urn.    There, too, was   the President Of the
G.  Allen, for The  Watchman,  and    his   pen
Dy this time the j-ood sense  of George T.
jwning, the eloquence of Frederick Douglass,
the keen pen of Dr. Smith, and the bad man-
nt of the conspirators themselves, so
effectually e.tposed the bubble, that all proba-
i late Mr. Avery, by the Alrican Oh
n Society, seemed out of the questi
sappoioted in securiog the  object   of
appointed to visit the
:ssel to convey the Civiliz-
irer. During ail this time
instantly   beiiit;   held.
speakers crowding in from other plac
He had felt the philanthropic pulse, and
new how it beat. He recommended that
>enta be immediately put in the field to col-
'heir Secretary has  already been diepaich-
.o   England, and at   last accounts was ap-
sally difficult to tell whether  the  proprie-
f merely
■■■ i-eei:
that' the condition of the colored people of the United States is worse to-day than
was  fifteen  year ago.'    If this  is the tnis-
in of the African   Civilization  Society, the
Skledefo.
ue.    It lay through a country of man-thieve.-;
livelihood by v-»\ lay in;:, eapuirii!-;, imprison-
an shows that th
healthy persons sometimes yield to i
and the strong frame and manly nerve i
Garnet was not an exception. He has studied
medicine as well as theology, and seldoi
in a physician. Like a true reformer, I
1 thrown physic to the dogs,' and does 1
doctoring. He at once said, ' I need a change
of air, and must have if Most (ortunately
for him, his trammels were few. He had
flock, but the flock had little or no fleece, and
they could get along until the Scotch Presbyterians should fit out  another  shepherd  aud
our  brother, bag and   baggage,   was   safely
f the   African   Civilisation Society, this e
ight that as the Society had n
„ and leaving the hat of
the uiiltickv scamp v.diose eve was bruised
the field of battle, they fled the country.
They had not progressed far ere they
an intelligent colored mtio. lie was well
([unin'.ed with the roads to the river, and 1
them of an obscure one which wnsciiuallv distant with the main road, and would  l-e  likely
be overtaken on this, obscure route, they could
easily cover themselves by the immense woot
They had no time to consider chances, aui
then in;..- plunged into this blind   road   wit!
~i.nr-- that they did   so.    They learned    alter
wards that the same slave whn put   them   oi
Tluiitgh their way lay through occasion:!
corofields, where they found abundant provi
sion for their horses, they saw scarce a horsi
or man the whole day. One more night the;
spent in the open fields among tbe slacks o"
corn and oats ; and without meeting anythin;
late in the afternoon—a thing
ed forward to with such con-
/e slaves only (?) kuow  anything
They went directly to the
'      the s!
wildei
h   wh:
th to the River.    Oo the  out
ough   which   they   foui
the wooc
iiihabii.
muld get to tbe opposii
ie travelers talking nf the safely    of pa-si:.;.
While they were discussing that subject,  i
ith slly fixed upon t
.  Tho1!::!! apparently a strong
s'ved that either of the
■\.ie;:t,..f
rage, the
' What  you  about there ?' he  exclai
D over to-day.    It is my
t I tell you it couldn't he done
'tl tell you it couldn't be -.lone ':
e on the other side, if you   will   gi
•er, ihcii  w,
1 !     If ../
s horse along on the
t horses' tracks leading
' ('nine    idor.g, John,'
re don't   want any help from
•Get out of  that boat,  you black d-
.
Drthb
avney.    'But if  you don't  shut
s heavy   list near   the cheek of  the   ferry-
' Let the lying
e ahead.    They left the  ,■;-.:
and swearing   like a bedlamite,   and kent
Passim,- the
sale, and for
to the opposite
it shore was sea
e through the milky o
they started, Hint shore w;,s scarcely  pcrcepli-
indiog there,
u-ht horse or two only had been led over, and
was still considered perilous for a heavy man
' They are   niggers,'   said one   of the   vil-
.gers.
•They are brave fellows, any how.
s take them up and got a pile.'
y.    Let
Agreed ! D" n"tbe niggers 1  We don't
\V!.--V ■
side ;'
,t the bank  they w
i     led doul     1   t    'I   1   n t   I   it i     il     II
us lire 1'   John also took   out his  pistol, and
Charged   both barrels.    The report awoke an
'Tshawl'said   one of  the   citizens, ' they
have been to Kentuekyto spend the Holidays
with their   friends, and   have   returned in a
' Slaves   never   acted  in   that   way,' said
'They are drunk,'said annther, 'or they had
A brief  colloquy  of   that   sort dispersed
i   free  now.    W«
we   think we left
c little   safe,
'They thought you were slaves, and agr
you fired, they   concluded you were   free I
holidays ID  Kentucky.    Traveling 'on  ho
back, and shooting pistols in   that way, mi
they did not think it   worth while to  ask >
:1 thought this was a free State V
slaveholders to hunt
W'heie, then, can  we be   safe ?    We   cat
Slavery—w
'Yes, and somebody will   dii
ick,'said John Farney,   driv
ie safe.    To be   safe, you must get int(
da.    lam   sorry  to say   1
RDgfanoVM ^ °m 1D °
low can we get to Canada?'
ollow the North Star—do you know tin
;eep you aud   tell you what   next, to do-
'he reader_n ■ I ■ ol be informed   thatthey
led, aud their happy sky all black hi:
re-plunging them into slavery.    In i
colored ti
The. joy, which a few moments ago swelled
like the sea, now ehhed like its tide—yet they
were not discoumired. New dangers started
up-—but they had been educated to look
danger   io the face.    Their   lives had  been a
therefore their spirits were hardy and "brave.
It is a blunder to suppose that American
slaves are cowardly and   spiritless.    Ignorant
iiini detirndcd tln-y may lie ; and in some, the
the manly qualities of others—and it may be
doubted whether, as a body, a braver people
live. They lack wisdom and knowledge
through no fault of theirs—but they are de*
cidedly if not pre-eminently brave.
[From the Syracuse Daily Journal]
We have already   noticed   this book, and
made several extracts from   it.     We refer   te
we find'it lo be a book of the most absorbing
interest.    It is a narrative of real life ; and its
ng of Mr. Loguen's mother,   when i
s she grew into womanhood, becam
subjected. Ui
what sh
srolhers, and wm
his pecuniary rd
Logins  had often decl
ild not be so!-
his pecuniary
r childror
Jarm, with his mother, were at (
duced to field hands. Here they
through all the aggravated cruelties t
iuffering and excitement ; and his   flight was
mrpose   worthy of   a  noble mind   intent on
I i.-.le Turn's Csd.in : while i
-me p ilnts it excels that world-read book.
The editor has done justice to bis  tbeme.-
,ver not   often bestowed o
I to know that the book is eel
lrly copies must apply soon, <
>■ become   ih.o
"tell necessary
°.'s„«„er„Cn
Northern ten
sadly out ot order.    Ther
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original    a
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op-d    practice   o
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tded and defied.     It ,s <;rat,ly
0 know thi
North* ru
lortion    (1.—s.     ' Outside pre;
opposition ];<.cp   ih::
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t  be ^overhauled
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between
he ' City o
Brotherly   Love
ine the books, am
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f tearing down the
Syracuse acknowledges no  particular   obliga-
'a the company at large. Stoekholdi'i-s. dc-
jiasseugevu, who   declare they   arc  frequently
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unknown.    The   parties have absconded, and
And this is an   essential  feature ot slavery,
compel obedience, there is an end of  the relation—the slave cannot be  forced to toil, and
> say that, the girl   died under legal   put